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Ray Liotta

Actor Ray Liotta's intense demeanor and fondness for edgy roles quickly established him as one of the most interesting and respected supporting players of his generation. Born in Newark, NJ, on December 18, 1955, he was adopted at the age of six months, by Alfred and Mary Liotta, and raised in Union Township, New Jersey. (His parents adopted another child, Linda, three years later.) As a gifted high school athlete, Liotta played varsity basketball and soccer, while working a side job in his father's auto supply shop. After graduation, he left home to attend the University of Miami, where he cultivated an interest in acting and majored in Drama. Liotta appeared in a number of collegiate productions, including a surprising number of musicals (Cabaret, The Sound of Music). Within a year of graduation, Liotta scored a one-shot commercial and a recurring three-year role as Joey Perrini on the daytime soap opera Another World; he also joined the cast of several short-lived prime-time network TV series, including Crazy Times (1981) - with David Caruso and Amy Madigan - and Casablanca (1983) - featuring David Soul in the role Humphrey Bogart made famous, and Liotta as Sacha. Liotta signed for his first film role in the 1983 Pia Zadora vehicle The Lonely Lady, but didn't break into the big time until 1986, when Jonathan Demme cast him as the psychotic Ray Sinclair in the comedy-drama Something Wild. Liotta's well-received performance won him a number of Hollywood offers playing over-the-top villains, but, determined to avoid typecasting - , Liotta rejected the solicitations and traveled the opposite route, with gentle, sensitive roles in Dominick and Eugene and Field of Dreams (as the legendary "Shoeless" Joe Jackson). His determination to wait for the right role paid off in 1990, when he was cast as mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's masterful crime drama GoodFellas. However, while the success of GoodFellas raised Liotta's profile considerably, he clung to his high standards, waiting for the right part (and wary of compromise). While he still found himself playing tough and/or scary guys in the likes of Unlawful Entry and No Escape, in Corrina, Corrina showcased Liotta's talent as a a romantic lead, and he catered to "family friendly" audiences with Disney's Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) and Tim Hill's Muppets From Space (1999). After a productive 2001, with key roles in the blockbuster hits Blow, Hannibal, and Heartbreakers, the actor formed his own production company to ensure a greater diversity of roles and more interesting material. For his debut as a producer, Liotta developed and released the critically acclaimed Narc; he also appears in the film, as a hot-headed ex-cop. Liotta hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in 2003, the same year he cameo'd in director Peter Segal's Anger Management, starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson. But that year also marked the beginning of a downswing for the gifted thesp. His activity ostensibly crescendoed through the end of 2004 - but, despite scattered encouraging reviews - his trio of major films from that year (a sociopath in Tim Hunter's Control, a corrupt cop in Matthew Chapman's Slow Burn, a bit part in Jeff Nathanson's Tinseltown satire The Last Shot) saw extremely limited release and fell just ahead of going straight to video. As 2005 dawned, he restrategized by sticking with higher-profile directors - specifically, Guy Ritchie for Revolver (second billing, as a casino owner targeted by a vengeful ex-con) and Mark Rydell for the sports gambling drama Even Money. This plan proved uneven: the Ritchie film tanked amid widespread accusations of directorial pretentiousness, while the Rydell film seemed destined to score given the talent in the cast (Danny de Vito, Kim Basinger, Tim Roth, Forest Whitaker).As 2006 rolled around, Liotta returned to the glitter box - for the first time in twenty-five years - with the action-laced ensemble crime drama Smith. Slated with a September '06

Here's a wing! Hey, what do you like, the leg or the wing, Henry? Or ya still go for the old hearts and lungs?

Henry Hill:

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

Henry Hill:

Whenever we needed money, we'd rob the airport. To us, it was better than Citibank.

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

If you build it, he will come.

Dr. Richard Sturgess:

The administrations only concerned with saving a buck. Any more cuts and we're going to be operating out on the street.

Dr. Richard Sturgess:

If you want to shoot someone, shoot one of those big wigs upstairs.

Henry Hill:

To me being a gangster was better than being president of the United States.

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

If You Build It, He Will Come.

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

If you build it, he will come.

Henry Hill:

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster

Henry Hill:

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

Henry Hill:

I swear on my fucking mother, if you ever come near her again you're dead!!

Henry Hill:

I swear on my fucking mother, if you ever come near her again you're dead!

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

Man, I did love this game. I'd have played for food money. It was the game... The sounds, the smells. Did you ever hold a ball or a glove to your face?

Ray Kinsella:

Yeah.

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

I used to love travelling on the trains from town to town. The hotels... brass spittoons in the lobbies, brass beds in the rooms. It was the crowd, rising to their feet when the ball was hit deep. Shoot, I'd play for nothing!

Ray Kinsella:

I bet it's good to be playing again, huh?

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

Getting thrown out of baseball was like having part of me amputated. I've heard that old men wake up and scratch itchy legs that been dust for over fifty years. That was me. I'd wake up at night with the smell of the ball park in my nose, the cool of the grass on my feet... The thrill of the grass.

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

Ease his pain.

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

Go the distance.

Henry Hill:

As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster.

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

"Hey, you wanna come with us?"

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

Hey, you wanna come with us?

Ray Kinsella:

"You mean it?"

Ray Kinsella:

You mean it?

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

"Not you, him."

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

Not you, him.

Ray Kinsella:

"Him?"

Ray Kinsella:

Him?

Terence Mann:

"Come with you?"

Terence Mann:

Come with you?

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

"Out there."

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

Out there.

Terence Mann:

"What is out there?"

Terence Mann:

What is out there?

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

"Come find out."

Shoeless Joe Jackson:

Come find out.

Henry Hill:

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

Henry Hill:

don't yeah, yeah me you little hick.

Henry Hill:

Don't yeah, yeah me you little hick.

Henry Hill:

You know, we always called each other goodfellas. Like you'd say to somebody: You're gonna like this guy, he's all right. He's a goodfella. He's one of us. You understand?

James Conway:

To me, Become Gangster is better than Being President of United State

James Conway:

[voice over] To me being a gangster was better than being president of the United States.

Henry Hill:

[voice over] To me being a gangster was better than being president of the United States.

Henry Hill:

Then there was Moe Black's brother, Fat Andy.

Lt. Henry Oak:

"There are no lawyers, dumb-f***!! It's just me and you, and I am in your s*** for the duration!!"

Lt. Henry Oak:

There are no lawyers, dumb-f***!! It's just me and you, and I am in your s*** for the duration!

Henry Hill:

We called each other ,"Goodfellas".

Henry Hill:

We called each other,'Goodfellas'.

Captain Marion Mathers:

Whoever is writing these letters, seems to be interested in everyone but the actual killers.

Muriella:

I knew you'd come.

Gallian:

I told you I would.

Muriella:

I mean, I felt it. I felt it before you came.

Henry Hill:

Your murderers come with smiles

Henry Hill:

See, your murderers come with smiles...

Tommy DeVito:

You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fucked up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?

Henry Hill:

Just... you know, how you tell the story, what?

Henry Hill:

Just... you know, how you tell the story, what?

Tommy DeVito:

No, no, I don't know, you said it. How do I know? You said I'm funny. How the fuck am I funny, what the fuck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny!

Tommy DeVito:

No, no, I don't know, you said it. How do I know? You said I'm funny. How the fuck am I funny, what the fuck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny!

Henry Hill:

Get the fuck outta here, Tommy!

Tommy DeVito:

Ya motherfucker! I almost had him, I almost had him. Ya stuttering prick ya. Frankie, was he shaking? I wonder about you sometimes, Henry. You may fold under questioning.

James Conway:

What's the fuckin' matter with you? What - what is the fuckin' matter with you? What are you, stupid or what? Tommy, Tommy, I'm kidding with you. What the fuck are you doin'? What are you, a fuckin' sick maniac?

Tommy DeVito:

How am I meant to know you're kidding? What you mean, you're kidding? You breaking my fuckin' balls?

James Conway:

I'm fuckin' kidding with you! You fuckin' shoot the guy?

Henry Hill:

He's dead.

Tommy DeVito:

Good shot. What do you want from me? Good shot. Fuckin' rat anyway. His family's all rats. He'll grow up to be a rat.